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Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name...

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Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

And how do you know that you're mad? "To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that...

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Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can on...

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I'd take cyanide no problem if it was that or throwing a cat out in the street, even a moth-eaten, m...

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Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.

In fiction, I exercise my nosiness. I am as curious as my cats, and indeed that has led to trouble o...

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We lost track of which was which, but we were fairly sure that some of the creatures had been borne ...

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Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the ca...

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Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't ...

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While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.

That's the way with a cat, you know -- any cat; they don't give a damn for discipline. And they can'...

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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the r...

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Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiment...

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Mark TwainLetters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings

If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.

A home without a cat — and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat — may be a perfect home,...

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Mark TwainPudd'nhead Wilson

Then the cow asked:"What is a mirror?""It is a hole in the wall," said the cat. "You look in it, and...

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A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going...

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Mark TwainTom Sawyer Abroad

Cats don't think they're owned by anybody. Even behind doors and windows, like amiable Wally, they'r...

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I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seei...

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Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly.The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation."I beg pardon,...

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Not fooling around, not bothering nobody, just sitting here mending the Primus," said the cat with a...

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Mikhail BulgakovThe Master and Margarita

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-wor...

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I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at t...

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Cats don’t have names,” it said.“No?” said Coraline.“No,” said the cat. “Now, you people have names....

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No," said the cat. "Now, you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know w...

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Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don'...

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We...we could be friends.'We COULD be rare specimens of an exotic breed of dancing African elephants...

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The cat wrinkled its nose and managed to look unimpressed. "Calling cats," it confided, "tends to be...

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What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?''Cats don't have names,' it sa...

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There are those who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful on...

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The cat dropped the rat between its two front paws. "There are those," it said with a sigh, in tones...

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Tramps and vagabonds have marks they make on gateposts and trees and doors, letting others of their ...

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She smiled again. "Do you like cat?" she said."Yes," said Richard. "I quite like cats."Anaesthesia l...

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Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.

Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,...

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The ball of dark fur pressed itself into my chest, and I wished she was my kitten, and knew that she...

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Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane

But there was a kitten on my pillow, and it was purring in my face and vibrating gently with every p...

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Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane

After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.

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Orhan PamukThe Museum of Innocence

Never believe a rumor of my death,' said Peter. 'I have as many lives as a cat. Also as many teeth, ...

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I flung open the door. I got a momentary flash of about a hundred and fifteen cats of all sizes and ...

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P. G. WodehouseA Wodehouse Bestiary

Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just...

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The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer...

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I fall short of her standards. She made me buy cat food that hasn't been tested on animals. My cats ...

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Paula PoundstoneThe Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

The Lady Amalthea beckoned, and the cat wriggled all over, like a dog, but he would not come near......

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I am what I am. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But...

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Peter S. BeagleThe Last Unicorn

Robots already perform many functions, from making cars to defusing bombs - or, more menacingly, fir...

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The cat's asleep; I whisper "kitten"Till he stirs a little and begins to purr--He doesn't wake. Toda...

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Randall JarrellThe Complete Poems

And metaphors like cats behind your smile,Each one wound up to purr,each one a pride,Each one a fine...

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That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

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Ray BradburyZen in the Art of Writing

Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independen...

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Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independen...

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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Never try to out-stubborn a cat.

The coldest depth of Hell is reserved for people who abandon kittens.

Never try to outstubborn a cat.

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for th...

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Looking back few friends had webut I've got him and he's got me.And when the golden minute comeswhen...

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Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.

We have three cats. It's like having children, but there is no tuition involved.

If a cat spoke, it would say things like 'Hey, I don’t see the problem here.

I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.

After the group vet appointment--during which Lyle scratched the vet, the vet tech, and some poor wo...

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Can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over the rails, swords in hand, sc...

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Scott LynchRed Seas Under Red Skies

Caldris led them over to a large covered basket that sat on the stones near the docked dinghy. He un...

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Scott LynchRed Seas Under Red Skies

All cat stories start with the statement: 'My mother, who was the first cat, told me this,' and I la...

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Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle

All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...

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Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle

The trees around and overhead were so thick that it was always dry inside and on Sunday morning I la...

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Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle

The trees around and overhead were so thick that it was always dry inside and on Sunday morning I la...

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Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle

All cat stories start with the statement: 'My mother, who was the first cat, told me this,' and I la...

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Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle

All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...

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Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle

The trees around and overhead were so thick that it was always dry inside and on Sunday morning I la...

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Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle

The trees around and overhead were so thick that it was always dry inside and on Sunday morning I la...

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Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle

All cat stories start with the statement: 'My mother, who was the first cat, told me this,' and I la...

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All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...

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Shirley Jackson (physicist)We Have Always Lived in the Castle

The trees around and overhead were so thick that it was always dry inside and on Sunday morning I la...

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Shirley Jackson (physicist)We Have Always Lived in the Castle

The trees around and overhead were so thick that it was always dry inside and on Sunday morning I la...

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Shirley Jackson (physicist)We Have Always Lived in the Castle

The trees around and overhead were so thick that it was always dry inside and on Sunday morning I la...

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Shirley Jackson (physicist)We Have Always Lived in the Castle

All cat stories start with the statement: 'My mother, who was the first cat, told me this,' and I la...

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All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...

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Shirley Jackson (physicist)We Have Always Lived in the Castle

The trees around and overhead were so thick that it was always dry inside and on Sunday morning I la...

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Shirley Jackson (physicist)We Have Always Lived in the Castle

I like to search for class struggle in strange domains. For example it is clear that in classical Ho...

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...staring into thin air at thosethings only cats can see (Doctro Sleep)

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.He was famous ...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

The Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows, Are proud and implacable, passionate foes;It is always ...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

He's outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)And his footprints are not found in any fi...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat:If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse.If you put...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,It isn't just one of your holiday games;You may think at fi...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

But above and beyond there's still one name left over,And that is the name that you never will guess...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Before a Cat will condescendTo treat you as a trusted friend,Some little token of esteemIs needed, l...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

He is quiet and small, he is blackFrom his ears to the tip of his tail;He can creep through the tini...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones — In fact, he's remarkably fat.He doesn't haunt pubs — he has ...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door.His name, as I ought to have told you before,Is really Asparagus....

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

For he will doAs he do doAnd there's no doing anything about it!

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

With Cats, some say, one rule is true:Don’t speak till you are spoken to.Myself, I do not hold with ...

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T. S. EliotOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Tangaloor, fire-brightFlame-foot, farthest walkerYour hunter speaksIn need he walksIn need, but neve...

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Tad WilliamsTailchaser's Song

Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.

Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.Aly rolled her eyes. Why did ev...

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Cats aren’t special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.

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Tamora PierceWolf-Speaker

A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never ...

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Terry BrooksA Princess of Landover